In his final lecture, Professor Mendes-Flohr revisits the profound question of constructing viable post-traditional Jewish identities.  By returning to a debate between Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig over the nature and significance of mitzvot, Professor Mendes-Flohr provides the outlines of a post-traditional identity that transcends the essentialism of modernity. From the Series:Stroum Lectureship in Jewish Studies - 2001